Stirrup



Feb l9, 1935. E. E. ARMENTROUT 1,991,648

STIRRUP Original Filed Jan. 18, 1932 Patented Feb. 19, 1935 V ITEDSTATES PATENT ori ic s Application January 18, 1932, Serial No. 587,407Renewed March 23, 1934 4 Claims. (01. 54-48) My invention relates to anew and novel saddle vention has, among other advantages, thefollowstirrup and the like, and to a new and novel ing:-It iscomfortable, silent when striking other method of constructing the same.parts of the saddle or equipment, and being flex- It is an object of myinvention to provide a ible and elastic, eliminates jolts and shocks at5 stirrup which can be attached to any type of every gait of the animalridden, and the soft 5 saddle or the like, which is flexible andelastic, yielding material and the character of the block 9 and which iscomposed almost entirely of rubber. permits the rider to flex his feetwhile riding,

It is also an important object of my invention which is veryadvantageous and conducive to comto construct a stirrup of the typedescribed from fort especially in cold weather, when the feet 10 oldpneumatic tires. have a tendency to be disagreeably affected by 10 Hisalso an important object of my invention the cold; and the use of thestirrup of my into provide a simple and inexpensivemethod of ventiongives the rider poise and a sense of seconstructing a stirrup of thetype described, curity. In case of a fall the foot being encased chieflyfrom old pneumatic tires. in yielding material instead of in metal, willbe Other objects and advantages of my invention preserved againstinjury, which would otherwise 15 will be apparent from a reading of thefollowing occur.

description of the drawing, wherein for pur- The method of constructingthe stirrup of my poses of illustration a preferred embodiment ofinvention is as follows:- the invention is shown. 1 I take an old tireof the pneumatic type, and In the drawing:- make transverse cuts thereinso as to separate 20 Figure 1 is a side elevational view of apretherefrom an elongated plate composed of the ferred embodiment of myinvention. rubber treads, the rubber side walls, and the un- Figure 2 isa transverse vertical sectional view derlying fabric structure, theplate being tapered through Figure 1. toward each end in the shapeindicated in the Referring in detail to the drawing the numeral drawing.I then form in the end portions holes 25 V 5 refers generally to thestirrup which'is formed 12 for receiving the ha be I then form and of anouter layer of fabric 6 and an inner layer attach the heavy rubber block9 intermediate the or layers of rubber '7. The body made up by the endsof the plate on the rubber side thereof and layers 6 and 7 may beincreased in thickness by attach the same in this position securely. Ithen the use of several of such layers. bring the'ends of the plateupwardly, with the A narrower layer of fabric 8 supports a block fabricstructure on the outside, pass the hang of rubber 9. l r bolt throughone of the holes in the plate, place The layers 6 and 7 areof elongatedform and the spacer 11 on the bolt, then pass the bolt into their endsare brought upwardly in inwardly one of the holes of the remaining sidesof the pending manner as shown in Figure 1 to form stirrup and attachthe nut 13 so as to retain the an open U-shaped form, following thegeneral described parts assembled as shown. If preferred, contour of aconventional metal stirrup. thefOOt engaging Su of the block 9 y be Ahang bolt 10is placed through apertures in corrugated or otherwiseroughened so as to inthe upper end portions of the side members ofcrease the frictional engagement therewith with 40 the stirrup, and arubber tubular spacer 11 is cirthe foot of the rider, o the form Shownis 40 cumposed upon the hang bolt 10 so as to preadequate'to thepurposes of the invention. It

serve the proper spacing of the upper portions will be obvious that thedevice of my invention of the side members of the stirrups. can beconstructed at a much lower cost than As will be observed in-thedrawing, the rubany correspondingly serviceable device of this her block9 is of thick heavy character provided character. 45

with tapered end portions 11, 11 so that an at- While I have shown anddescribed a preferred tractive, convenient merging will be achievedembodiment of the structure and method of the. with the adjacentsurfaces at the terminations of invention, it is to be understood that Ido not he bloc The pp ce 0f the block and desire tolimit the applicationof the invention 5 the corners thereof are rounded so as to properlybeyond t cope of th subjoined claims, 0 seat the foot of the rider. Ifdesired other holes t is claimed 12 may be made in the side members ofthe stir- 1 A tirrup comprising a plate of pliant and run t a m datdifferent h i hts f t a resilient material bent into U-form, the ends ofbelt and Space! 10, the legs of the U-form having connecting'them a ItWill be Ob r t a t Stirrup Of y hang bolt and spacer, abody ofcompressible material secured within and upon the bight portion of theU-form.

2. A stirrup comprising a plate of resilient pliant material bent intoU-form and provided with a hang bolt and a spacer between the ends ofthe legs of the U-form, a body of compressible material secured withinand upon the bight portion of the U-form, said plate being constructedof a plate of resilient pliant material reinforced on its outward sidewith a plate of fabric material.

3. A method of making a stirrup, comprising, cutting a tire casingtransversely to provide'a plate of elongated form, then attaching at acentral portion of the tread side of the plate a merging block ofresilient material to be, engaged.

by the foot of the rider, then bending the ends ofthe plate upwardlytoward each otheriinto a U-form with the inner fabric side 0f v the tirecasing outward, a hang bolt being then secured a tubular spacer on theplate.

4. A stirrup comprising an ends of the plate being reversely bent so asto form the plate into a U-shape with the fabric a side of the plateoutward, the ends being'conf V nected by hang bolt and spacer means,

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elongated plate transversely cutfrom a pneumatic tire casing having oneside fabric andtheother'rubber, the 10;

